USMC 105808: ""Cargo Drops"" from a Sea Knight

Item Description
Title
USMC 105808: ""Cargo Drops"" from a Sea Knight

Citation information
USMC 105808: ""Cargo Drops"" from a Sea Knight. (Q-16-86-69; R-17; 4-1955.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/182

Marine Corps Library Number
6184-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-86-69; R-17; 4-1955

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105808

Decade
1960

Date
1969-06-05

Description
Supplies and weapons are dropped by parachute from a CH46A helicopter. A UH1E helicopter flies nearby. Helicopter pilots are at the controls of the CH46A. Crewmen prepare supplies for paradrop.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Ahles, C.W.; Ayers, C.; Gray, R.J.; Lindberg; Ferrari

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
348

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
08/02/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
9:47

Digital file type
video/H264